Florenz Ziegfeld famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Girl #Spotlight #Littles
Beauty in the flesh will continue to rule the world.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Beauty #World #Flesh
And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Achievement #Add #May
Let us hope that for many it does mean the end of trouble so far as earning a livelihood is concerned, that it means happy and comfortable home living honestly earned. But there are other troubles ahead for her, and plenty of hard work.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Work #Mean #Home
Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Work #May #Impression
Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Money #Comedian #Half
I don't have a very quick sense of humor.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Humor #Sense Of Humor
It is the task of several months and it is a fact that a girl, either while rehearsing or actually playing, may be training for some character or feature in some future production not yet definitely fixed even in my own mind.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Girl #Character #Training
Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Smile #Hard Work #Giving
To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Mean #Differences #Dancing
Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Important #Requirements #Assets
Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Light #Dying #Looks
They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
-- Florenz Ziegfeld

#Causes #Broke #Displeasure

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